Tewaaraton Watch: Pannell, Marasco Left Standing

There's exactly one week left until the men's and women's
Tewaaraton Awards are handed out at the 13th annual Tewaaraton
Award Ceremony, May 30 at the Smithsonian Institution's National
Museum of the American Indian.

The races are on the minds of Lacrosse Magazine staff.
Here's how the men's finalists rank in our poll ahead of
championship weekend.

Players were given five points for each first-place vote, four
for each second-place vote and on down the line.

Pannell had another huge game, with two goals and five assists
as Cornell crushed Ohio State in the quarterfinals. He could break
Matt Danowski's all-time NCAA points record this weekend. Heading
into the final four, the award is most certainly Pannell's to
lose.

The ACC Player of the Year was held to one assist in UNC's 12-11
loss to Denver on Sunday. For the season, Holman finished with 37
goals, 43 assists for 80 points, and had 24 ground balls. He'll be
suiting up for the MLL's Ohio Machine on Thursday.

Thompson finished the year one point shy of Steve Marahol's
all-time single-season NCAA points record of 114, and Albany fell
to Denver in the first-round. The Pioneers have ended the season's
of two of the five Tewaaraton finalists, and could potentially do
the same to Syracuse's JoJo Marasco in the semifinals.

Marasco has the most to gain this weekend as only he and Rob
Pannell will be playing in championship weekend. The Big East
midfielder of the year had one goal and two assists in Syracuse's
7-6 quarterfinal win over Yale. His last assist was the most
important, coming on the game-winner to cap a three-goal run in the
final three minutes. Marasco has 20 goals and 28 assists for 58
points this year.

The first-team All-Ivy pick led Princeton in scoring for a third
straight season, with a team-high 32 assists and 60 points. The
Tigers were a bubble team down the stretch and did not make the
NCAA tournament.